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Table 1 Sample overview of long term care entry cases by age, sex, extremity injuries, rehabilitation, dementia and comorbidities

From: Extremity injuries and dementia disproportionately increase the risk for long-term care at older age in an analysis of German Health Insurance routine data for the years 2006 to 2010

 

Exposure (person years)

Cases

Incidence rate p. 100 PY

95% CI

Total

510,957

25,150

4.9

4.9

5.0

Age groups

 65–69

93,189

1213

1.3

1.2

1.4

 70–74

167,840

3641

2.2

2.1

2.2

 75–79

125,332

5242

4.2

4.1

4.3

 80–84

80,730

6781

8.4

8.2

8.6

 85–89

34,889

5584

16.0

15.6

16.4

 90–94

7485

2090

27.9

26.8

29.1

 95 +

1491

599

40.2

37.1

43.5

Sex

Male

200,175

8592

4.3

4.2

4.4

Female

310,782

16,558

5.3

5.2

5.4

No EI

368,033

16,058

4.4

4.3

4.4

Lower NSEI

48,770

2781

5.7

5.5

5.9

Upper NSEI

41,947

2130

5.1

4.9

5.3

Lower & upper NSEI

17,286

1455

8.4

8.0

8.9

Lower SEI

12,324

972

7.9

7.4

8.4

Upper SEI

13,677

816

6.0

5.6

6.4

Lower & upper SEI

8920

938

10.5

9.9

11.2

Rehabilitation

451,824

20,268

4.5

4.4

4.5

Yes

59,133

4882

8.3

8.0

8.5

Dementia

484,204

17,939

3.7

3.7

3.8

Yes

26,753

7211

27.0

26.3

27.6

Hypertension

102,676

6103

5.9

5.8

6.1

Yes

408,281

19,047

4.7

4.6

4.7

Diabetes

336,051

15,158

4.4

4.4

4.6

Yes

174,905

9992

5.7

5.6

5.8

Ischemic stroke

308,858

13,257

4.3

4.2

4.4

Yes

202,098

11,893

5.9

5.8

6.0

Cerebral diseases

398,693

15,270

3.8

3.8

3.9

Yes

112,264

9880

8.8

8.6

9.0

Hypercholesterolemia

347,585

18,762

5.4

5.3

5.5

Yes

163,372

6388

3.9

3.8

4.0

Atrial fibrillation

442,155

18,481

4.2

4.1

4.2

Yes

68,801

6669

9.7

9.5

9.9

Heart insufficiency

391,477

13,800

3.5

3.5

3.6

Yes

119,480

11,350

9.5

9.3

9.7

Lung insufficiency

429,475

20,109

4.7

4.6

4.7

Yes

81,482

5041

6.2

6.0

6.4

Nervous diseases

288,980

11,675

4.0

4.0

4.1

Yes

221,976

13,475

6.1

6.0

6.2

Parkinson's disease

500,037

23,519

4.7

4.6

4.8

Yes

10,919

1631

15.0

14.2

15.7

Gastric diseases

181,926

8846

4.9

4.8

5.0

Yes

329,031

16,304

5.0

4.9

5.0

Alcoholic liver disease

507,071

24,855

4.9

4.8

5.0

Yes

3886

295

7.6

6.8

8.5

Atherosclerosis

434,115

19,991

4.6

4.5

4.7

Yes

76,841

5159

6.7

6.5

6.9

Pneumonia

477,083

20,980

4.4

4.3

4.5

Yes

33,874

4170

12.3

11.9

12.7

Infections/Parasites

282,266

11,997

4.3

4.2

4.3

Yes

228,690

13,153

5.8

5.7

5.9

External injuries

254,719

10,546

4.1

4.1

4.2

Yes

256,238

14,604

5.7

5.6

5.8

Smoking-related cancer

472,757

21,559

4.6

4.5

4.6

Yes

38,199

3591

9.4

9.1

9.7

Non-smoking r. cancer

462,228

21,415

4.6

4.6

4.7

Yes

48,729

3735

7.7

7.4

7.9

  1. PY person years, CI confidence interval
  2. Source: AOK claims data, own calculations